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"They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday. "
— Brian Andreas

19 people liked it

"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

tags: inspiration, love, people, story
84 people liked it

"You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time. "
— Brian Andreas

41 people liked it

"She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short."
— Brian Andreas

41 people liked it

"I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.

It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

tags: death, empty, heaven
32 people liked it

"Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life."
— Brian Andreas

29 people liked it

"I wish you could have been there for the sun & the rain & the long, hard hills. For the sound of a thousand conversations scattered along the road. For the people laughing & crying & remembering at the end. But, mainly, I wish you could have been there."
— Brian Andreas

28 people liked it

"We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own."
— Brian Andreas

tags: humor, imagination, inspirational, science
28 people liked it

"If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.
"
— Brian Andreas

20 people liked it

"I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I'd see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger and I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days."
— Brian Andreas (Strange Dreams - Collected Stories & Drawings)

tags: death, forever
16 people liked it

"I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely at it one night & found it had wheels and moved easily in the slightest breeze. So now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing. "
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

13 people liked it

"I have too much to lose, she said, if I cross that line. Like what? I said. She could not think of anything that day so she said she'd get back to me. Since then I've been thinking what I would lose if I cross my line & I haven't come up with anything either. There's always another line somewhere.

"
— Brian Andreas

18 people liked it

"There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: children, people, story
15 people liked it

"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: people, princess, story
15 people liked it

"if there is any secret to this life i live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. and there is nothing more to it than that."
— Brian Andreas

12 people liked it

"In my dream, the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination

and then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand."
— Brian Andreas

11 people liked it

"There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A pirate needs the sight of the sea, he said and then he pulled his eye patch down and turned and sailed away."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

tags: imagination, pirates, sea
14 people liked it

"I didn't listen to her because she was my mother & wouldn't know anything until I was much older."
— Brian Andreas

11 people liked it

"Don't you hear it? She asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & it went on for a very long time & when I finally found words all I could say was thank you. "
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

20 people liked it

"I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: humor, life, people, story
12 people liked it

"I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: coffee, humor, people, story, work
12 people liked it

"feels like some kind of ride but it's turning out just
to be life going absolutely perfectly"
— Brian Andreas

10 people liked it

"I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: elegance, money
10 people liked it

"If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: humor, people, relationships, story
10 people liked it

"I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

9 people liked it

"In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants and hold the world in arms grown strong with love
And there may be many things we forget in the days to come,

But this will not be one of them."
— Brian Andreas (Traveling Light: Stories & Drawings for a Quiet Mind)

tags: love, remember, strength
7 people liked it

"Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over. "
— Brian Andreas

tags: friendship, humor, people, story
12 people liked it

"Hoping something will happen soon, so she can sit down & watch it with a fresh bowl of popcorn."
— Brian Andreas

9 people liked it

"This is a giant block of whatever is most difficult for you to carry & trust me on this, you'll carry it more times than you can count until you decide that's exactly what you want to do most & then it won't weigh a thing anymore
"
— Brian Andreas

6 people liked it

"I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true."
— Brian Andreas

8 people liked it

"We sat in the car
& the night dropped
down until the
only sounds were
the crickets &
the dance of our voices

& for a moment
the world became
small enough to
roll back & forth
between us."
— Brian Andreas (Hearing Voices - Collected Stories & Drawings)

tags: car, night, understanding, world
7 people liked it

"When I first discovered the moon, he said, I gave it a different name. But everyone kept calling it the moon. The real name never caught on."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

6 people liked it

"If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade."
— Brian Andreas

tags: humor, people, story
5 people liked it

"Waiting for the pen to dry up so he can start fresh with thoughts that are worth new ink."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

5 people liked it

"finally has figured out there aren't enough quiet little British films around to protect her from the real world "
— Brian Andreas

4 people liked it

"There are your fog people & your sun people, he said. I said I wasn't sure which kind I was. He nodded. Fog'll do that to you, he said."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

6 people liked it

"Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that? "
— Brian Andreas

tags: humor, life, people, story
5 people liked it

"Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left."
— Brian Andreas

tags: life, longing, love, people, relationships, story
8 people liked it

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, human, humor, infinity, nature, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
11,890 people liked it

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

tags: life
11,086 people liked it

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: dreams, love, reality, sleep
10,245 people liked it

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
10,512 people liked it

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor
9,250 people liked it

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

tags: action, actions, disappointed, disappointment, discover, dream, dreams, explore, sail
7,615 people liked it

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
7,458 people liked it

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: friendship
7,301 people liked it

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
— Apple Computer Inc.

tags: advertising, apple, change, commercial, computers, different, misfits, nonconformity, quo, rebels, status, think
6,886 people liked it

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, be-yourself, conformity, individuality, world
6,777 people liked it

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

tags: literacy
6,032 people liked it

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
6,150 people liked it

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